Silk molecular weight distribution was a function of silk fiber degumming time and regenerated silk solutions displayed polydisperse size distribution.
Silk was degummed (boiled in sodium carbonate to remove sericin protein from the silk fiber) for 5, 10, 30, or 60 min to generate silk protein with different molecular weight distributions.
Tensile test showed that such obtained silk fiber has superior mechanical properties compared to normal silk fiber.
Silk fiber was processed from highly concentrated spinning dope to solid fibers along with water removal.
The higher the silk fiber content, the more the weight loss.
Silk fiber reinforced silicone rubber (SR) composites have been fabricated with different fiber lengths.
A regenerated silk fiber scaffold for ligament tissue engineering is prepared.
After decades of work, "finally, we have a way to turn these recombinant silk proteins into something that resembles a spider silk fiber," Dr. Hayashi said.
Lin, Z., Huang, W., Zhang, J., Fan, J. S. & Yang, D. Solution structure of eggcase silk protein and its implications for silk fiber formation.
The mechanical properties of hSFSV raw silk fiber were enhanced slightly compared to those of the wild-type raw silk fiber, probably due to the presence of the recombinant of hFGF1 in the sericin layer.
Furthermore, OEC showed very promising results in the endothelialization of fibroin silk fiber meshes, maintaining their endothelial characteristics and functions.
